Recently, the Ling Song Judge Studio of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court held a special lecture on “Typical Cases of Unfair Competition and Preventive Countermeasures” for businesses in the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. This is an endeavor to thoroughly implement the Implementation Opinions of Shanghai No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court (Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, Shanghai Railway Transport Court) on Serving the Development of Shanghai (China) Free Trade Zone New Areas and Further Improving Business Environment and to respond to the judicial needs of businesses in the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone for intellectual property protection.
Due to Covid-19 prevention and control, this lecture was held online. More than 70 people attended the lecture online, including legal and intellectual property management personnel from well-known companies such as Shanghai Lingang Pudong New Economic Development Co. Ltd., Tesla Shanghai, Enflame, Gona-semi, and CMD as well as research institutions, universities, government organs and public institutions such as Shanghai Zhu Guangya Institute of Strategic Science and Technology, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai Jian Qiao University, Lingang New Area’s System Office, Comprehensive Administration Office, and Legal Service Center. Mr. Ling Song, Presiding Judge of Intellectual Property Comprehensive No. 1 Tribunal, introduced the general information and characteristics of the unfair competition cases tried by the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court, explained typical cases, analyzed the problems found during the trials in the daily operation and management of enterprises, and put forward suggestions. Judge Ling Song and judge Du Lingyan also answered the questions raised by the participants online.
The online lecture held by Ling Song Judge Studio of the Shanghai Intellectual Property Court is a useful attempt of active justice and consistent legal publicity while fully implementing pandemic prevention and control. In the future, Ling Song Judge Studio will further strengthen cooperation with the Management Committee of Lingang New Area to carry out targeted special surveys and legal publicity in light of the characteristics of the enterprises in the new area, in order to raise the awareness and ability of intellectual property protection of innovative and startup enterprises and to provide strong judicial services and guarantee for serving the development of Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone and creating an international first-class business environment in Shanghai.